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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Nghia Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
Sunny Fugate, Albequerque, NM (US);
Marion Ceruti, San Diego, CA (US);
Lorraine Duffy, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa Phan, Escondido, CA (US);
Nghia Tran, San Diego, CA (US);
Sunny Fugate, Albequerque, NM (US);
Marion Ceruti, San Diego, CA (US);
Lorraine Duffy, San Diego, CA (US);
Hoa Phan, Escondido, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A system includes a controller, a Hall-effect sensor and transceiver connected to the controller; and a flux-producing element having a plurality of magnetic flux lines emanating therefrom. The system may be secured to or contained within a wearable glove. The flux-producing element may be coupled to an object separate from the wearable glove. The Hall-effect sensor transmits a Hall-effect sensor signal to the controller when the Hall-effect sensor is perpendicular to at least some of the plurality of magnetic flux lines. The Hall-effect sensor signal may include data received from the flux-producing element. The controller transmits a controller signal to the transceiver after receiving the Hall-effect sensor signal. The controller signal may include input from a motion sensor and/or an orientation sensor connected to the controller. The transceiver may transmit the signal to a remote processor. The signal may be used for gesture recognition, information coding, and/or information processing.